souring

英 [ˈsaʊərɪŋ]

美 [ˈsaʊərɪŋ]

v.  (使)变坏，恶化; (牛奶等)变味，酸腐
sour的现在分词

COCA.45696

柯林斯词典

• See also:The stewed apple was sour even with honey.sweet and sour
• (牛奶)变质的，馊的
  Sourmilk is milk that has an unpleasant taste because it is no longer fresh.
• ADJ-GRADED (人)乖戾的，尖酸刻薄的，不友好的
  Someone who issouris bad-tempered and unfriendly.
  1. She made a sour face in his direction...
     她冲他阴沉着脸。
  2. Police, weary and increasingly sour in mood, wonder aloud why the situation has been allowed to deteriorate.
     警察们疲惫不堪，心情也越来越糟糕，他们不禁满腹狐疑地问：为什么听凭情况不断地恶化下去？
• ADJ (状况、关系等)变坏，变糟，不再令人满意
  If a situation or relationshipturns sourorgoes sour, it stops being enjoyable or satisfactory.
  1. Everything turned sour for me there...
     在那里，对我来说一切变得很不顺利。
  2. Even the European dream is beginning to turn sour...
     甚至连欧洲之梦都开始破灭了。
  3. Their songs are filled with tales of love gone sour.
     他们的歌里充斥着变了味的爱情故事。
• V-ERG (使)(友谊、局势、态度等)变坏;(使)恶化
  If a friendship, situation, or attitudesoursor if somethingsoursit, it becomes less friendly, enjoyable, or hopeful.
  1. If anything sours the relationship, it is likely to be real differences in their world-views...
     如果有什么东西能够破坏这种关系的话，那可能就是他们世界观方面存在的实质性差异。
  2. Her mood soured a little.
     她的心情有点差。
• PHRASE 酸葡萄(喻指由于得不到而加以贬低的东西)
  If you refer to someone's attitude assour grapes, you mean that they say that something is worthless or undesirable because they want it themselves but cannot have it.
  1. Page's response to the suggestion that this might be sour grapes because his company lost the bid is: 'Life's too short for that.'
     有人认为这是佩奇的酸葡萄心理在作怪，因为他的公司未能中标，佩奇对此的回应是：“人生苦短，谁有闲工夫去耿耿于怀呢？”

英英释义

noun

• the process of becoming sour

双语例句

• A souring in the relationship between American business and China would come at a particularly bad time in relations between the two countries.
  美国企业和中国之间的关系恶化，将适逢两国关系格外严峻的时期。
• Long before the first signs of souring debt markets appeared in June, buy-out executives claimed to have found the recipe for strong returns in all environments.
  早在债务市场6月份开始出现最初恶化迹象的很久前，收购集团的高管就宣称，已经找到在任何环境中都能获得高额回报的秘诀。
• Once risk managers spot that degree of concentration in an asset that is souring, more and more sell orders are likely.
  一旦风险管理经理发现，如此高度集中的资产正在恶化，抛售订单很可能接踵而至。
• The economic mood may be souring fast, but Nicolas Sarkozy still managed to bring some festive cheer to his electorate over the holiday period.
  经济氛围可能很快会变得不如人意，但是尼古拉斯？萨科齐仍然设法在节日期间将一些圣诞欢乐带给他的选民们。
• The scouring process of each single enzyme was studied firstly, then the compound of these two kinds of enzyme was investigated using their biocompatibility and cooperativity. Through single-factor and orthogonal methods the optimal enzyme souring process was obtained.
  研究了碱性果胶酶或中性纤维素酶单一酶精练的加工工艺条件，在此基础上对这两种酶进行复配，利用它们之间的生物相容性和协同作用，通过单因素和正交实验优化得到复合酶精练工艺。
• Although Spain has announced deep budget cuts and new plans to strengthen its banks, concerns over economic contraction and souring property loans have grown.
  尽管西班牙已宣布大幅削减预算和加强银行的新计划，但人们对经济萎缩和不良房地产贷款的担忧仍在加剧。
• A species of Gram-negative aerobic bacteria that produce gas and acid from sugars and are sometimes involved in the souring of milk.
  一个需氧的革兰氏阴性细菌的种，能从糖中产生气体和酸，有时和牛奶的自然酸败有关。
• This year, decelerating economic growth could result in more souring of loans.
  今年，经济增长不断减速可能导致更多贷款出现问题。
• Relations between Israel and Cyprus have improved greatly following the souring of relations between former military allies Israel and Turkey.
  以色列和塞浦路斯之间的关系大为改善后的前军事盟国之间的以色列和土耳其的关系变坏。
• The relationship of FDI and domestic investment on the industrial level mainly depends on the choice of production function, but the impact of FDI on domestic capital stock in any industry depends on the motive of FDI and characteristics of souring industries.
  行业层面上，FDI与国内投资的关系主要取决于生产函数的选择。而FDI对任一个行业内的国内资本存量的影响，主要取决于外商投资的动机和外资所来源的行业的特征。